CLEVELAND, Ohio - Longtime Beachwood Mayor Merle Gorden, the state's highest-paid public official, lost his job Tuesday to City Council President Martin Horwitz.

Susan Infeld, who has been mayor of University Heights since 2010, also was voted out by a margin of less than 2 percent, according to final, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. And 23-year Brook Park Mayor Tom Coyne also was ousted.

Gorden has been mayor of Beachwood since 1995. He is serving his fifth term.

His supporters point to the city's numerous successes, most commonly praising Beachwood's bustling business community. Critics have harangued Gorden for years over being paid for vacation days and lack of transparency.

The state auditor required him to pay the city back $2,800 in 2015 for money from vacation and travel benefits as well as money he made conducting weddings in 2013.

Horwitz won by less than 1 percent. Gorden could not be reached for comment.

Merle Gorden: 36.84 percent

Martin Horwitz: 37.60 percent

Mitchel Luxenburg: 25.57 percent

Brook Park

Coyne served as mayor for two decades from 1982 to 2001. He declined to comment Tuesday night.

He then was reelected in 2013. Most recently, he made headlines by switching from the Democratic to the Republican party and supporting Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

He lost to Michael Gammella, a former city council president and an United Auto Workers union-Ford international representative.

Coyne said Tuesday night that he did not want to comment until results had been finalized.

Thomas Coyne Jr.: 37.59 percent

Jan Powers: 9.41 percent

Tom Colburn: 10.09 percent

Michael Gammella: 42.92 percent

East Cleveland

Brandon King, who became mayor of East Cleveland in 2016 after voters recalled Mayor Gary Norton and City Council president Thomas Wheeler, will keep his position.

King defeated Devin Branch, one of the leaders of the recall movement against Norton, who ran as a Green Party candidate.

A pending lawsuit in the Ohio Supreme Court against the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections could affect the results, though. Una Keenon, a Democratic candidate in the East Cleveland mayoral primary, claims that due to an inconsistency in the charter, her name should have been on the general election ballot. Since the Supreme Court announced the day before the election it would reconsider the case, the election went on per usual.

If the case turns out in Keenon's favor, East Cleveland may have to have a new special election.

Brandon King: 66.67 percent

Devin Branch: 33.33 percent

University Heights

Infeld was beat out by Michael Brennan, a lawyer who has never held elected office. He promotes his volunteer experience, community involvement and more than 14 years of residency in the city on his campaign page.

Infeld said Tuesday night that she wishes nothing but good things for the city and its residents.

When asked what she thinks about a notable amount of incumbent mayors losing their positions, she said she can't speak for other cities, but that residents simply made a choice.

"In our city, the choice (was between) someone who had experience and someone who was coming from outside of government experience and the political realm. Clearly the community chose the latter."

Michael Dylan Brennan: 50.98 percent

Susan Infeld: 49.02 percent

Bay Village

Voters chose Paul Koomar, who is currently serving as the mayor of Bay Village after the departure of longtime mayor Debbie Sutherland, to continue in the role. He formerly served as council president.